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Crash course in raising revenue?

Based on the Readers’ Forum consensus, residents want security and improved quality of life that will also generate interest for others to buy into our community. This should be the mission statement published by our POA. The committee’s solution for a two-tiered system is contrary to this end.

The proposal to have the lot owners who have a majority vote to keep their assessment at current levels at the expense of home owners is unethical, illegal and would cause dissent among the Village owners.

I ask the POA committee: do they think others would buy into this environment? At the July meeting I suggested that a fair way to increase assessments would be to separate the two-tier system by use of the facilities rather than by type of ownership and the response was “this would be illegal.”

I would support an increase in assessment if the committee would take the following action…:

1. Publish the Operation and Maintenance expense and revenue reports for the past year as well their projection for each year up to 2020. This should exclude any capital improvement made or forecasted.

2. List all capital improvements that were neglected and forecasted in the future so that the owners could prioritize and vote on each of these improvements. Improvements to sewer systems and water quality should be billed to the homeowners only.

3. On the ballot we should also have a vote on accessibility by non-owners wanting to use our facilities which influence our security for a few dollars more.

After these steps are completed then we would all have the information needed to make rational decisions on how much the assessments should be and who should pay.

We all have a stake in this community and should be willing to pay our fair share, but we must be better informed. I am asking the committee to take their time in their proposal to raise money. Asking for a quick and illegal vote by stacking the deck for lot owners is the wrong way to go for a six-year plan.